Tornado Warning 1, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
235 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

ALL:  FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN COORDINATED ON PHONE.

DISC:  TREMENDOUS FEED OF TROPICAL MOISTURE TO MAXIMIZE OVER CWA
TONIGHT.  MIN TEMPS TO BE HELD UP AS A RESULT.  ALTHOUGH MODELS
DIVERGE QUICKLY IN MANY ASPECTS AFTER 12 AND 24 HOURS...THEY DO
AGREE ON THE GENERAL POSITIONING OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS.
UPPER LEVEL FORCING SHOULD GENERATE ADDITIONAL RAIN TOMORROW BUT
WITH LESS QPF. AS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PIVETS THROUGH CWA THURS NIGHT
COLD AIR ADVECTION ALOFT SHOULD DESTABILIZE THE ATOMSPHERE ENOUGH
SUPPORT SCATTERED SHOWERS.

AVL  60/64/47/53  +94
CLT  62/64/51/60  ++4
GSP  62/65/51/60  +94

KAJ

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014-
019-080100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
605 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO FEED MOIST AIR INTO THE WESTERN CAROLINAS
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF GEORGIA
DURING THE AFTERNOON...AND SOME OF THEM HAD REACHED SEVERE LEVELS.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH
CAROLINA...AND PARTS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. SOME OF
THESE COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE GREATEST THREAT.
WITH SUCH STRONG LOW-LEVEL WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE.

PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATION TO GET THE LATEST INFORMATION...INCLUDING ANY WATCHES OR
WARNINGS.

ZOLTOWSKI

SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-010-011-012-019-NCZ064-065-066-067-
GAZ026-028-029-080330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS.

AT 705 PM DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED IN TOCCOA...WHICH
IS IN STEPHENS COUNTY GEORGIA.  WINDS SPEEDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE
THE GROUND ARE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
BRINGING THIS STRONG WIND TO THE SURFACE.

BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST PLACES...TREES WILL BE
UNUSUALLY SUSEPTIBLE TO FALLING.  AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR
AREA BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

KAJ

SCZ001-002-003-004-005-006-007-010-011-012-019-NCZ064-065-066-067-
GAZ026-028-029-080330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
723 PM EST WED JAN 7 1998

A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA IN
THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS.

AT 705 PM DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED IN TOCCOA...WHICH
IS IN STEPHENS COUNTY GEORGIA.  WINDS SPEEDS A FEW THOUSAND FEET ABOVE
THE GROUND ARE BETWEEN 60 AND 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
BRINGING THIS STRONG WIND TO THE SURFACE.

BECAUSE THE GROUND IS NEARLY SATURATED IN MOST PLACES...TREES WILL BE
UNUSUALLY SUSEPTIBLE TO FALLING.  AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR
AREA BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES.

KAJ